The Death Cure by:James Dashner

Is an epic conclusion to a very fantastic series. I feel like the books just got better and better. The Maze Runner was a wonderful concept but I didn't feel like there were any surprises. The Scorch Trials were crazy weird and kinda intense. It was weird to all of the sudden find myself in a Zombie book unexpectedly:). It was super awesome. And the Death Cure was the very best, it had so much emotion, action, and an absolutely amazing ending. It was a beautiful story, very strongly recommended:)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by: Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children


By: Ransom Riggs
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The story was captivating and very fairytale like. I loved the mysteries and magic of this book and I pray Riggs will write a sequel.

The Mortal Instruments- Cassandra Clare

The Mortal Instruments
by: Cassandra Clare

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City of Bones by: Cassandra Clare

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The Story: When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . .

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Opinion: The first book really is gripping. It creates a beautiful world that I would love to live in. She has a wonderful way of creating an existence of creatures and situations that is epic but also very believable. I couldn't get enough of their world.

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Clockwork Angel by: Cassandra Clare
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The Story: After Sixteen year old Tessa Gray's aunt and caregiver dies she receives a letter from her older brother asking her to make the long voyage from her home in New York to London England. Filling her with hope that she can resume her normal life with the comfort of her only living relative.
But, when she arrives in London she's greeted by Mrs. Dark and Mrs. Black. The "dark sisters" she finds, are less than agreeable. As they force her to find her undiscovered secret ability she tumbles through a life changing shift of discovering her hidden talent of shape shifting. As the story unfolds she creates new friends and allies called the Shadowhunters. Set in the Victorian London underworld, in the prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, Shadowhunters are barely winning against the forces of evil.

Opinion: Clockwork Angel was phenomenal. Though I did find that the book ended leaving me with more questions than answers. It was beautifully entrancing. The character development was also wonderful! You end up so connected with the odd family of the shadow hunters. The main character Tessa is so relatable and honestly a wonderful heroine. This epic story would make a wonderful movie:) I'd give it a full five stars. I cant wait for Clockowrk Prince!

Specials by:Scott Westerfeld

Specials was interesting. I wasn't loving the direction the second book was going with the story but I was hoping that it would surprise me; it didn't. I didn't hate it but I wasn't impressed either. Westerfeld is a talented author don't get me wrong I felt fully engulfed in their world the entire time, Specials just didn't have the emotional twist that I was expecting. What's almost worse is it felt like he tried to make it such and instead I was just disappointed.

Pretties By: Scott Westerfeld

Pretties was a enticing sequel to Uglies. Unfortunately, I did feel like it was just a filler for the third book. I loved it don't get me wrong but it felt almost like a push. I think that Specials (the third book) could either turn this in to a fabulous series or ruin it.

Again though, Westerfeld has wonderful character development. You honestly feel connected to this terrifying world of extreme socialism. Mostly, it allows you fall in love with our world all over again. I felt like Uglies was really more about finding beauty... real beauty. Where this book I feel is more about Tally Youngblood finding her own cure to being "pretty headed". I love the verbiage of the pretties! I think that was a great accent to the pretty society, very pretty-making:)

Matched by: Ally Condie

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage,rage, against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.

And the fire that burns in Cassia doesn't allow the submission it would take to go gently. This book is a beautiful discovery of learning to fight. Fighting for freedom of who to love, how to live, even how to die. She comes from a place where the government has founded a society of "perfection". But, Condie went about it in a very wonderful way. The sweetest purest moments and the deepest longing is played out in Matched so delicately written. Condie also has such a talent for giving so much emotion to her characters you feel so attatched to each of them by the end. The gravity of the absolute control really sneaks up on you and you find yourself fighting for Cassia to find freedom.

I loved this story and I loved the author. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants an easy read yet a beautiful story:)

Uglies by: Scott Westerfeld

Tally Youngblood is a very adventurous disobedient 15 year old "ugly". Stuck in a world where the government has finally reached ultimate control. In a severely Communistic society they have created a way for "equality" by surgically altering everyone at the age of 16 to become "pretty". This book is about a beautiful discovery. Westerfeld does an astounding job of painting incredible pictures as Tally ventures into the "real" world she discovers what real beauty is, her first sunset and seeing the city lights from the hillside. It honestly speaks so true about true beauty. Unfortunately her beautiful new understanding comes at a terrible cost. She learns the ugly truth about what her pretty world is all about and who is really behind it. Now she is faced with the terrible decision of either turning her new found beautiful world to disaster or be faced with staying "ugly" forever. "Uglies" honestly was an incredible book its not at all what I was expecting when my sister in law first handed it to me, but I was very happily surprised. :)

The Scorch Trials by: James Dashner

The scorch Trials were very intense. There was absolutely no down time throughout the entire book. I wasn't crazy taken by the first book but I felt that there was a lot of room for excellence in the future. It was an entertaining read for sure.

"Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to.

In the Maze, life was easy. They had food, and shelter, and safety . . . until Teresa triggered the end. In the world outside the Maze, however, the end was triggered long ago.

Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, the earth is a wasteland. Government has disintegrated-and with it, order-and now Cranks, people covered in festering wounds and driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim . . . and meal.

The Gladers are far from finished with running. Instead of freedom, they find themselves faced with another trial. They must cross the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the world, and arrive at a safe haven in two weeks. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.

Thomas can only wonder-does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED?"-http://www.jamesdashner.com/

:) that seemed easier.

All My Friends Are Dead By Avery Monsen & Jory John

Urban outfitters=the best book i've read in a while lol

Treasure Island by: Robert Louis Stevenson (1883).

I am currently reading treasure Island seems to be a hands down disappointment. Its possible that I was really looking for a Hollywood feel. And I'm afraid that it did not pass the test. I kept waiting for sincere character development and for the characters to build real relationships. The connection between Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins was completely fabricated. At the very least exaggerated. There was absolutely no bonding that happened between them on the ship. Actually there there was hardly anything that happened on the ship ride to the island. For those familiar with the story they mention the disappearance of a crew member and mention that Long John is a suck up to all the members of the ship and the barrel of apples moment when Jim hears that Long John is going to start a mutiny. Its such a slow read and there's not a lot to pull you in. You would think Pirates equal epic. But I'm afraid that just isn't the case in this story. Though it is showing promise. Its super hard to get into so its taken me forever to get through it. Just picking it up now and agian to read a couple pages is making this take forever:) anywho~ I'm not finished yet but for now I might put my quest for reading all the "classics" to rest.